Tag Archives: U.S. Navy

By Rear Adm. Roy Kelley, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Today, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) returned to sea for the first time in more than 18 months, officially marking the end of the ship’s Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). For Sailor and shipyard worker alike, the conclusion of this …

By Rear Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, Task Force 70 “Launch the alert 15, side 203, initial vector 240” crackles over the 1MC (the ship’s loudspeaker system) early in the morning. An unknown air contact has been detected and is closing the force. Sailors from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime …

By Lt. David DiSanto Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE (NCHB 1) S3, Officer in Charge When leaving for a detachment you never know exactly what to expect. Sure, there are the emotions of leaving family and completing the mission at hand and Operation Deep Freeze 2016 is no different. Waking …

Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE (NCHB 1) are preparing to deploy to Antarctica in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), the nation’s research program on the southernmost continent, which is managed by the National Science Foundation (NSF). One of those Sailors deploying soon is Chief Equipment …

Right now your Navy is 100% on watch around the globe helping to preserve the American way of life. Whether it be operating and training in the waters off the coast of Virginia or forward deployed to the South China Sea, the flexibility and presence provided by our U.S. naval …

“Every day, both forward-deployed and rotational naval forces execute the Maritime Strategy in relevant and credible ways. With 35 countries, 7th Fleet is the largest and most diverse area of operation in the world. Each day, I am impressed by the professionalism that our Sailors and Marines show in warfighting …

Look!! Up in the sky – it’s a bird! It’s a plane … Well, sorta; it’s actually a helicopter and if it’s being flown anywhere near USS Abraham Lincoln these days, there’s a good chance it’s being piloted by Lt. Rebekah Saxon. Assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea …